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PM challenges EU to follow through on threat to cut aid
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday blithely brushed aside a recent threat from the European Parliament to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Cambodia over human rights abuses, challenging the body to follow through. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-challenges-eu-to-follow-through-on-threat-to-cut-aid-114068/
NGOs die first if aid cut: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday slammed recent calls for sanctions against Cambodia over what supporters of the measures call a government-level disrespect of democracy, claiming the first to be hurt by sanctions would be NGOs. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26080/ngos-die-first-if-aid-cut--pm/
Hun Sen says no discussions with the CNRP
Prime Minister Hun Sen told a local media outlet on Sunday that the ruling CPP would not engage in any talks with the opposition CNRP over the jailing of its officials and supporters or recent moves by police to arrest deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha. ...
Ben sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-no-discussions-with-cnrp-114010/
Economic zone reaches milestone
The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) jointly operated by a China-based conglomerate and the Cambodia International Investment Development Group Co. Ltd reached a milestone yesterday with the 100th factory set up to operate in the economic and trade cooperation zone. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25859/economic-zone-reaches-milestone/
Publisher says officials involved in illegal timber
A local newspaper publisher has appealed directly to Prime Minister Hun Sen for help after provincial officials allegedly crashed into his car and threatened him in order to hide timber smuggling activities. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/publisher-says-officials-involved-illegal-timber
Hun Sen vows to preserve peace, rejects talk of political ‘crisis’
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday rebuked those who have labeled the current political situation a “crisis,” urging his audience of young garment workers to be glad they did not have to live through the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-vows-to-preserve-peace-rejects-talk-of-political-crisis-113757/
Vietnam, Cambodia beef up defense ties
Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to fully and effectively actualize protocols on defense cooperation in order to enhance mutual understanding and trust, ensure a peaceful and stable environment for their economic development and foil plots to weaken their relations. ...
The Jakarta Post's Team
http://www.thejakartapost.com/seasia/2016/06/06/vietnam-cambodia-beef-up-defense-ties.html
Logs to be sold, names released
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has announced the date of the auction for timber confiscated from logging companies by the National Anti-Deforestation Committee (NADC) earlier this year, inadvertently releasing the official names of seven previously unknown companies caught housing illegally logged wood. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25830/logs-to-be-sold--names-released/
PM asks Malaysia to take more Cambodian workers
Malaysia is primed to accept an influx of Cambodian workers after Prime Minister Hun Sen entreated his Malay counterpart to receive more Cambodians during an official visit to Malaysia late last week. ...
Sen David and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-asks-malaysia-take-more-cambodian-workers
Cambodia backs Timor-Leste ASEAN membership
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that Cambodia supported Timor-Leste’s bid to become the 11th member of Asean. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25747/cambodia-backs-timor-leste-asean-membership/
Malaysia-Cambodia working together on tackling human trafficking
Malaysia and Cambodia are working to conclude negotiations for an agreement on tackling human trafficking. ...
Mazwin Nik Anis
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/06/03/malaysia-cambodia-working-together-on-tackling-human-trafficking/
Cambodia, new host for world forum
More tourists and more investment. That will be the mantra when the Kingdom hosts the World Economic Forum on Asean in the capital next year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25723/cambodia--new-host-for-world-forum/
PM raises doubts on ASEAN Economic Community
Prime Minister Hun Sen questioned yesterday the extent of the ASEAN Economic Community’s (AEC) commitment towards forming an inclusive economic region as countries continue to compete with each other for agricultural exports and inflows of foreign direct investment. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-raises-doubts-asean-economic-community
China to consider rice deal
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday asked China to consider Cambodia’s rice stocks as part of its effort to distribute food relief to other countries. The request was made during a meeting between the premier and Ho Hau Wah, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25570/china-to-consider-rice-deal/
United Nations concerned about rising political tensions in Cambodia
The United Nations on Sunday voiced alarm at the escalating political tensions in Cambodia, including attempted arrests of politicians, amid allegations from the opposition that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party is persecuting it. ...
Straits Times Team
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/united-nations-concerned-about-rising-political-tensions-in-cambodia
Organ transplant, donation draft law approved
The Council of Ministers approved a draft law last week regulating and controlling organ donations and transplants in response to a World Health Organization (WHO) report which revealed that the lives of patients with non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes could be further endangered following ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25517/organ-transplant--donation-draft-law-approved/
Government will start chipping away at protected areas
Between 2009 and 2012, the Ministry of Environment went on nationwide leasing spree, signing over vast swaths of the country’s nominally protected areas to private companies for rubber plantations and other agribusiness ventures. ...
Zsombor Peter and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-will-start-chipping-away-at-protected-areas-113127/
Russia, Cambodia sign two MOUs to cooperate in nuclear energy
Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) and the National Council for Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Cambodia today announced that they have signed two key MOUs. ...
Rosatom Asia Pte Ltd
http://www.eco-business.com/press-releases/russia-cambodia-sign-two-mous-to-cooperate-in-nuclear-energy/
PM deems drought relief efforts a success
With rain finally starting to fall across the country, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday declared an end to the relief campaign he launched last month to counter the worst drought in decades, calling the devastating dry spell an opportunity for “lessons” in governance. ...
Janelle Retka and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second/pm-deems-drought-relief-efforts-a-success-113033/
Hun sen calls on voters to register
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged citizens to register for the upcoming commune elections to ensure accuracy, transparency and to avoid complications when assembling voter lists. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25412/hun-sen-calls-on-voters-to-register/
Water festival boat races to return in 2016: Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Wednesday that the country would resume holding a three-day Water Festival this year after canceling the annual festivity four times in the past five years. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/brief/113056-113056/
Water distribution over: PM
The government’s two-month nationwide campaign to distribute water to those affected by drought officially ended yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced while speaking at a graduation ceremony at the Asia-Europe University in Phnom Penh. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25414/water-distribution-over--pm/
Observers see Cambodia’s democracy in retreat
Political intimidation, the suppression of political expression and restrictions on freedom of assembly have Cambodia’s young democracy under threat, observers in the country say. ...
Dy Khamboly
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/observers-see-cambodia-democracy-in-retreat/3343728.html
Russia to import agricultural products
Russia has agreed to import agricultural products from Cambodia, while the leaders of the two countries pledged to boost bilateral trade during meetings between the two countries’ senior officials in the past week. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25272/russia-to-import-agricultural-products/